Engineer sentenced in SAFB scandal

WICHITA FALLS - A former engineer at Sheppard Air Force Base (SAFB), Larry Thomas Ballard, 60, of Wichita Falls, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O'Connor to 24 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $6,095 in restitution, following his guilty plea in October 2012 to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and conspiracy to unlawfully disclose sensitive source selection information. Judge O'Connor ordered that Ballard surrender to the Bureau of Prisons on August 22, 2013. Today's announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.